Chapter 017 (1/2)

Jonathan Friedman watched Matthew Broderick walk away impolitely, frowned slightly, motioned Simon into his office and asked, ”Simon, do you know Matthew?”

Simon didn't hide it either. He simply explained a few things about the airship bar last time.

”Oh, it's a small thing,” Jonathan said, smiling casually, sitting down behind his desk. ”I'll make an appointment with Matthew sometime, have dinner together, and shake hands. There should be no irresolvable contradiction between you young people. ”

Simon nodded, and he didn't take the last thing too seriously. Feeling that Jonathan was obviously absent-minded and tired when he spoke today, he asked, ”Joe, haven't you had a rest recently?”

”Nothing, just a little busy these days.”

Listening to the concern of the young man on the other side, Jonathan, who was searching for several documents on the desk, hesitated and suddenly didn't want to take out the draft contract.

With such hesitation, Jonathan finally handed Simon a blue folder. He made up his mind to compensate the boy as much as possible after that, and said gently, ”Simon, the script has come to an end. However, the studio inquired about your information in WGA in advance and knew that you were a newcomer, so the price was not too high. What's more, they want another script of yours. I saw the outline of the story in paramount yesterday. It's wonderful. Well, you can look at the contract first. ”

Simon felt that Jonathan's words had obvious reservation. He probably had a premonition of something, but he still opened his contract and read it carefully.

Looking at Simon, who is reading the contract carefully, Jonathan really wants to hide out.

He knew that Simon was definitely not the kind of rookie who would cheer as long as he could sell his script. So I really don't want to face the reaction of the teenager after watching the contract.

God seemed to hear Jonathan's voice. The door of the office was suddenly knocked. Owen Wright put his head in and said, ”Mr. Friedman, Mr. Broca is here.”

As soon as the assistant's voice dropped, Norman Broca, who was standing outside, just glanced at Simon and waved to Jonathan, ”Joe, will you come out? I have something to talk to you about. ”

Although he didn't want to have any communication with Norman Broca these days, Jonathan couldn't face Simon at this time. As if nothing had happened, he stood up and said to Simon, who also stood up with him, Simon: ”Simon, this is Mr. Norman Broca, President of wma. Keep looking at the contract. I'll be back after a few words with Norman. ”

Simon looked out at the old man who didn't mean to come in. He was wearing a black suit, gray hair, a little short, and a big nose of a standard Jew.

Nodding to each other, Simon waited for Jonathan to leave the office before he sat down again and focused again on the contract in front of him.

Then, as the reading went on, Simon's brows grew tighter and tighter.

To be fair, Simon didn't care too much about the $100000 basic payment involved in the contract.

As a newcomer, this offer is actually very good.

100000 dollars, probably enough to complete ”Lola Run”.

However, this is a complete buyout contract.

80000 US dollars to buy out all the copyright of butterfly effect, 20000 US dollars as a deposit to buy out the first choice of death in the next three years. Moreover, as long as fox plans to shoot ”death is coming” in the next three years, it will still be a full copyright buyout contract when it renegotiates the price.

Maybe I've turned over the contract in my hand. Simon doesn't even believe how Jonathan can give himself such a harsh agreement.

In Hollywood, screenwriting is also a very unstable profession. Even the trade union members of WGA are basically unemployed for most of the year, and many of them have to find other jobs to make a living.

Therefore, in order to win more rights and interests, Hollywood screenwriters are also the most frequent strike group in the industry.

After decades of confrontation with the studio, the writers' Union has gradually reached a ”basic agreement” with the Hollywood producers' Union to protect the rights and interests of Hollywood film and television writers in terms of basic treatment, minimum wage, medical insurance, pension plan, etc.

For screenwriters, the most important terms involved in the basic agreement are not the minimum script remuneration stipulated in the basic agreement, but the sharing agreement that can bring long-term income to screenwriters.

According to the latest edition of the ”basic agreement” signed by the writers' Union and the producers' Union in 1985, in addition to the two levels of minimum basic remuneration according to the classification of film production costs, film writers can also get corresponding share from the follow-up video tapes and television rights.